7- Sociology, Endogeneity and the Challenge of Transformation
Corresponding Author(s) : Olújìmí O. Adésínà
African Sociological Review,
Vol. 10 No. 2 (2006): African Sociological Review
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- Archie Mafeje, 2000. ‘Africanity: A Combative Ontology’, CODESRIA Bulletin No. 1, p.67.
- Mafeje, ibid, p. 66.
- Cited in Mafeje, op cit., p. 67.
- Jimi Adesina, 2005. ‘Realising the Vision: the discursive and institutional challenges of becoming an African University’, African Sociological Review, Vol.9 No.2, 23-39; Adesina, op cit., ‘Sociology Beyond Despair’.
- Shula Marks, 2000. ‘The Role of the Humanities in Higher Education in South Africa’, Lecture 1: Higher Education Lecture Series 2000. Pretoria: Ministry of Education.
- C. Wright Mills, 1959/1970. The Sociological Imagination. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
- Anthony Giddens, 1996. In Defence of Sociology: essays, interpretations and rejoinder. Cambridge: Polity Press, p. 3.
- Giddens, op cit. See chapter 6 of the book on ‘The Future of Anthropology’.
- Ibn Khaldûn, ‘Adb al-Rahmân, 1378/1981. Muqaddimat Ibn Khaldûn. Beirut: Dar al-Qalam, trans. Franz Rosenthal. Ibn Khaldûn, `Adb al-Rahmân, 1967. Ibn Khaldûn: The Muqadimmah – An Introduction to History, 3 Vols, trans. Franz Rosenthal. London. Routledge and Kegan Paul. (credit: Sayed Farid Alatas [2006].
- Muqaddimah li al-Kitâb al-‘Ibar.
- Sayed Farid Alatas, 2006. ‘A Khaldunian Exemplar for a Historical Sociology for the South’, Current Sociology Vol.54, No.3. (May): 397-411.
- Mahmoud Dhaouadi, 1990. ‘Ibn Khaldun: the founding father of Eastern Sociology’, International Sociology, Vol.5 No.3: 319-335.
- Steve Bruce, 1999. Sociology: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 3.
- Bruce, op cit. p. 4.
- Personal communication (e-mail), Adesogan: 9 Jan 2006; 23 Jan 2006; 13 July2006; 23 July 2006.
- E. Kayode Adesogan, 1987. Illumination, Wisdom and Development Through Chemistry. Inaugural Lecture 1987. Ibadan: University of Ibadan, p. 15.
- Adesogan, ibidem.
- E. Kayode Adesogan, 1987. Illumination, Wisdom and Development ThroughChemistry. Inaugural Lecture 1987. Ibadan: University of Ibadan.
- Shepi Mati, 2005. ‘Who Was Alfred? A native gazing at Rhodes University from Makana’s kop’, African Sociological Review. Vol.9 No.1: 196-210, p. 205.
- Paulin Hountondji, ed.,1997. Endogenous Knowledge: research trails. Dakar: CODESRIA Books.
- Extroversion, Hountondji argued, must be understood as immanent in colonial conquest and current location of Africa in the global economy and knowledge production systems.
- Cf. F.T. Hendricks, 2003. Does the South African Constitution legitimise Colonial Land Alienation? A Sociology of Nation and Identity: an inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University on Wednesday 17 September 2003.Grahamstown: Rhodes University.
- Jimi O. Adesina, ‘African Sociology’, International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences (2ⁿᵈ edition), Macmillan Reference (forthcoming, 2007).
- Issa Shivji, 2005. Pan-Africanism or Imperialism: Unity and Struggle towards a New Democratic Africa. 2ⁿᵈ Billy Dudley Memorial Lecture, University of Nsukka, 27ᵗʰ July.The conceptual confusion is evident in contemporary South African debate that mistakes the African National Congress (ANC), for the vehicle of a nationalist project similar to the English and Afrikaner nationalism that underpinned colonialism and apartheid.
- Most those involved were originally trained as anthropologists – what else? One of the few exceptions to this rule was N. A Fadipe, whose PhD thesis was submitted in 1939 at the University of London. Cf. N. A. Fadipe, 1939/1970. The Sociology of the Yoruba. [ed., with introduction by F. O. Okediji and O. O. Okediji], Ibadan: University of Ibadan Press.
- Zeleza, op cit.
- Ari Sitas, 2006. ‘The African Renaissance Challenge and Sociological Reclama- tions in the South’, Current Sociology, Vol.54 No.3: 357-380.
- I have pointed at the rapid uptake of the idea of ‘Public Sociology’ in our community as the latest example of this type of scholarship, even when it should be obvious that it represents a refraction of global sociological practices through the prism and historical experience of American sociology. In South Africa, public sociology was policy sociology, and the claims for Professional Sociology against Policy, Critical or Public Sociologies not only misrepresent the US experience – where much of the classical Industrial Sociology texts were policy studies done for US firms – have the potential of undermining efforts at democratising the intel- lectual space within our universities.
- Archie Mafeje, 1997. ‘Who are the makers and objects of Anthropology? A critical comment on Sally Falk Moore’s Anthropology and Africa’, African Sociological Review Vol.1, No.1: 1-15. See Vol.2, No.1 edition of ASR for the firestorm that Mafeje’s critique evoked.
- Bernard Magubane, 1971. ‘A critical look at the indices used in the study of socialchange in Colonial Africa’, Current Anthropology, XII, 4-5, pp.419-445.
References
Archie Mafeje, 2000. ‘Africanity: A Combative Ontology’, CODESRIA Bulletin No. 1, p.67.
Mafeje, ibid, p. 66.
Cited in Mafeje, op cit., p. 67.
Jimi Adesina, 2005. ‘Realising the Vision: the discursive and institutional challenges of becoming an African University’, African Sociological Review, Vol.9 No.2, 23-39; Adesina, op cit., ‘Sociology Beyond Despair’.
Shula Marks, 2000. ‘The Role of the Humanities in Higher Education in South Africa’, Lecture 1: Higher Education Lecture Series 2000. Pretoria: Ministry of Education.
C. Wright Mills, 1959/1970. The Sociological Imagination. Harmondsworth: Penguin Books.
Anthony Giddens, 1996. In Defence of Sociology: essays, interpretations and rejoinder. Cambridge: Polity Press, p. 3.
Giddens, op cit. See chapter 6 of the book on ‘The Future of Anthropology’.
Ibn Khaldûn, ‘Adb al-Rahmân, 1378/1981. Muqaddimat Ibn Khaldûn. Beirut: Dar al-Qalam, trans. Franz Rosenthal. Ibn Khaldûn, `Adb al-Rahmân, 1967. Ibn Khaldûn: The Muqadimmah – An Introduction to History, 3 Vols, trans. Franz Rosenthal. London. Routledge and Kegan Paul. (credit: Sayed Farid Alatas [2006].
Muqaddimah li al-Kitâb al-‘Ibar.
Sayed Farid Alatas, 2006. ‘A Khaldunian Exemplar for a Historical Sociology for the South’, Current Sociology Vol.54, No.3. (May): 397-411.
Mahmoud Dhaouadi, 1990. ‘Ibn Khaldun: the founding father of Eastern Sociology’, International Sociology, Vol.5 No.3: 319-335.
Steve Bruce, 1999. Sociology: a very short introduction. Oxford: Oxford University Press, p. 3.
Bruce, op cit. p. 4.
Personal communication (e-mail), Adesogan: 9 Jan 2006; 23 Jan 2006; 13 July2006; 23 July 2006.
E. Kayode Adesogan, 1987. Illumination, Wisdom and Development Through Chemistry. Inaugural Lecture 1987. Ibadan: University of Ibadan, p. 15.
Adesogan, ibidem.
E. Kayode Adesogan, 1987. Illumination, Wisdom and Development ThroughChemistry. Inaugural Lecture 1987. Ibadan: University of Ibadan.
Shepi Mati, 2005. ‘Who Was Alfred? A native gazing at Rhodes University from Makana’s kop’, African Sociological Review. Vol.9 No.1: 196-210, p. 205.
Paulin Hountondji, ed.,1997. Endogenous Knowledge: research trails. Dakar: CODESRIA Books.
Extroversion, Hountondji argued, must be understood as immanent in colonial conquest and current location of Africa in the global economy and knowledge production systems.
Cf. F.T. Hendricks, 2003. Does the South African Constitution legitimise Colonial Land Alienation? A Sociology of Nation and Identity: an inaugural lecture delivered at Rhodes University on Wednesday 17 September 2003.Grahamstown: Rhodes University.
Jimi O. Adesina, ‘African Sociology’, International Encyclopaedia of the Social Sciences (2ⁿᵈ edition), Macmillan Reference (forthcoming, 2007).
Issa Shivji, 2005. Pan-Africanism or Imperialism: Unity and Struggle towards a New Democratic Africa. 2ⁿᵈ Billy Dudley Memorial Lecture, University of Nsukka, 27ᵗʰ July.The conceptual confusion is evident in contemporary South African debate that mistakes the African National Congress (ANC), for the vehicle of a nationalist project similar to the English and Afrikaner nationalism that underpinned colonialism and apartheid.
Most those involved were originally trained as anthropologists – what else? One of the few exceptions to this rule was N. A Fadipe, whose PhD thesis was submitted in 1939 at the University of London. Cf. N. A. Fadipe, 1939/1970. The Sociology of the Yoruba. [ed., with introduction by F. O. Okediji and O. O. Okediji], Ibadan: University of Ibadan Press.
Zeleza, op cit.
Ari Sitas, 2006. ‘The African Renaissance Challenge and Sociological Reclama- tions in the South’, Current Sociology, Vol.54 No.3: 357-380.
I have pointed at the rapid uptake of the idea of ‘Public Sociology’ in our community as the latest example of this type of scholarship, even when it should be obvious that it represents a refraction of global sociological practices through the prism and historical experience of American sociology. In South Africa, public sociology was policy sociology, and the claims for Professional Sociology against Policy, Critical or Public Sociologies not only misrepresent the US experience – where much of the classical Industrial Sociology texts were policy studies done for US firms – have the potential of undermining efforts at democratising the intel- lectual space within our universities.
Archie Mafeje, 1997. ‘Who are the makers and objects of Anthropology? A critical comment on Sally Falk Moore’s Anthropology and Africa’, African Sociological Review Vol.1, No.1: 1-15. See Vol.2, No.1 edition of ASR for the firestorm that Mafeje’s critique evoked.
Bernard Magubane, 1971. ‘A critical look at the indices used in the study of socialchange in Colonial Africa’, Current Anthropology, XII, 4-5, pp.419-445.